Elite baby names

Baby name expert Pamela Redmond Satran recently compiled a list of what she’s calling the top 50 “elite baby names.” She included it in a slightly snobby Daily Beast article, which I’m assuming was meant to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

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Is this babe a Charlotte or a Finn or a Claire?

These aren’t the Emily and Jacobs that soared at the top of last year’s social security list. No these are up-and-coming names that are “as classy as a sterling teaspoon, as cool as vintage Balenciaga, as hard to locate as a wood-framed cottage in Manhattan–yet just as desirable,” Satran writes.

These are the names you choose if you summer in the Hamptons and send your kid to a preschool on Bank Street.

Bay Area translation: These are the fancy monikers you might consider if you have waterfront property in Belvedere or 20 acres in Woodside or push a Bugaboo stroller down Sacramento Street or frequently join the lunch crowd at Rosie’s on Union.

And now for what you’re all waiting for: Satran’s list, which she compiled using her Web site Nameberry.com.

Girls:

CHARLOTTE

SERAPHINA

OLIVIA

ELIZABETH

LUCY

ISLA

VIOLET

SOPHIA

ALICE

MAISIE

AVA

SCARLETT

LAURA

CAROLINE

GRACE

CLAIRE

LILY

AMELIA

IMOGEN

HARPER

ELLA

MATILDA

STELLA

JANE

EMMA

Boys

HENRY

FINN

OLIVER

JAMES

ASHER

JACK

JASPER

MAX

KAI

ATTICUS

LIAM

JUDE

FELIX

OWEN

QUINN

NOAH

MICHAEL

MILO

SAWYER

PHINEAS

WILLIAM

HARPER

LEO

AUDEN

SILAS

What do you think? Are these names really all that elite, or is this just a bunch of hogwash? Is your name or your child’s name on this list? Which names among the list sound the most suited to a baby born with a silver spoon in his mouth?